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Show pjj$ STORMED Crowd of One Hundred Talk of Smashing Voting Machine. ;.' HURRY UP CALL IS SENT IN FOR POLICE Republicans and Democrats v Wanted to Vote After Polls Closed. Arriving at the polls too lato and angered because tho judges refused to reopen them, about 100 Republicans, Democrats and fusionists stormod the Twenty-eighth preeiucj; voting place a few minutes after 7 o'clock Tuesday evening and threatened tho voting ma-chiue. ma-chiue. witli its record, with destruction. Kxccpt for the timely arrival of the police the mob doubtless would have accomplished ac-complished its lawless purpose. The scene was the most disgraceful of tho da v. There was a rush in the voting in tlte Twentj'-eighth precinct an hour or so j before tho time for the polls to close that continued until 7 o'clock. Prompt- ly at the hour designated by law tho ; judges 'losed (he polls. A few minutes j later about 10U voters, or supposed vot- j ers, among whom wcro two women, ap- , pen red and demanded lho reopening of the poll to allow them to cast their ballots, in violation of the election law. Tho judges refused to accede to the demand de-mand and tin: mob organized into an assault, upon tho polls. Led by J. X. Haslam, of 12 West First. South street, who conducts a barber bar-ber shop in (he McCornick building, tho mob violently assaulted tho polling placo with threats to wreck the voting machine ma-chine and destroy its record. A hurried hur-ried alarm was sent into police headquarters head-quarters to which six policemen. Hilton, Bcckstead, Moore. Cassidy, Pitts and Griffiths, responded. Policemen Gillespio and Price, who reached the place in advance of their follow officers, were unable to cope with the mob and were sorely pressed until the additional protection arrived. 'The combined efforts of the eight policemen easily dispersed the mob and saved the debauching of the polls. Part of the disappointed mob hung around the placo for some time, but most of its members left al. once. |